St. Lawrence Geology Alumni
St. Lawrence University Geology Alumni Conference 7
 St. Lawrence Geology From Pole to Pole:
As Exemplified by the Achievements of Albert P. Crary '31
October 8-10, 2010
Thursday, October 7
3:00pm Registration starts in Brown 141
6:30pm Dinner at The Club in Canton (Dutch) address: 25 Court St., Canton, 13617 Formerly The Glass Onion

Friday, October 8
7:30am Continental Breakfast prepared by Geology Club - Brown 141
8:00am Welcoming Remarks - Mark Erickson, Jeff Chiarenzelli '81, Sarah McElfresh '98
8:20am Alexander Stewart - Who is Albert Crary '31?
8:50am David Hollibaugh Baker '08 - Cold climate features on Mars and analog studies in the Antarctic Dry Valleys
9:10am Doug Waters '79 - Alaska Geology: The Final Frontier
9:30am Chris Stevens '04 - Research in the Canadian Arctic: An overview of the challenges and advancements in studying shallow-water permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta
9:50am Mimi Katz '81 - IODP Expedition 313 sea-level reconstructions from benthic foraminifera (water-depth estimates) and palynology (distance-to-shoreline estimates)
10:10am Kate Zubin-Stathopoulus '08 - Life as a (Student) micropaleontologist
10:30am Alumni Photo Gallery (Elberty Auction Preview) and Howard E. Moore Collection Mineral Exhibit
11:00am Dave Mosher '10 - High Resolution Reconstruction of the Carbon Cycle for the Triassic
11:20am Graham Baird '98 - Tectonostratigraphy and preliminary geochronology of the Tarfala Valley, Kebnekaise region, northern Sweden
11:40am Jay Billings '87 - Factors Influencing Water Supply Development Trends in Upstate New York
12:00pm Lunch -- Pizza in Brown Hall
1:00pm Carrie Ridley '00 - Translating Classical Geology Curriculum into Real Work Applications
1:20pm Gerry Gould '82 - 50 States by 50 Years Old: Achieving a life goal with an SLU degree and a career in geology.
1:40pm Myron Getman '94 - Geology and Public Health: The Case of Vermiculite Attic Insulation
2:00pm Barbara Tewskbury '73 - Adventures with Google Earth: from Teaching Structural Geology to Doing Reconnaissance Research on Structures in the Western Desert of Egypt
2:20pm BREAK
2:40pm Hannah Cowan '11 - Rafinesquina alternata (Cincinnatian: Late Ordovician) as a photosymbiont host: shedding new light on old questions
3:00pm Career Panel - Trisha Smrecak '05, Rick Standish '71, Doug Waters '78, Bonnie Swogger '99, Gerry Gould '82- STUDENTS and ALUMNI PANELISTS Only
3:00pm Alumni Tour of the Dolan Outdoor Labratory and Japense Zen Garden - Tour guided by Cathy Shrady and John Bursnall
4:00pm Student Posters in Brown 143
5:30pm Dinner at the Dana Dining Hall  - Courtesy of University Advancement
7:30pm R.O & Vera Bloomer Lecture by Andrew Fountain '75 - Glaciers and the near future of global sea level change (Hepburn Auditorium, 2nd Floor of Hepburn Hall)
9:00:00-10pm. Social Hour with students at the Pub 56 sponsored by the Geology Club (between Hulett and Jencks)
     
Saturday, October 9
8:00am Continental Breakfast prepared by Sigma Gamma Epsion in Brown 141
8:30am Graduate School Panel - Brian Congiu '08, Heather Cunningham '98 Camille Partin '06, Rob Menard '07 - STUDENTS and ALUMNI PANELISTS Only
8:30am Alumni Tour of new SEM and X-ray Diffraction labs, further examination of the Howard E.  Moore Collection and other tours
9:30am Bonnie Swoger '99 - Beyond GeoRef - Finding Geoscience Information
9:50am Duane Eppler '71 - Modeling the Behavior of an Internet Community of Anonymous Map Contributors
10:10am Don Rodbell '83 - Records of Late Quaternary Climatic Change BETWEEN the Poles: A Brief Report on Research in the Tropical Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador
10:30am John Murphy '11- An investigation of stream chemistry variability in watersheds of central St. Lawrence County, New York
10:50am Graham Baird '98- Kinematics and timing and of Grenvillian deformation southwest of Black Lake, northwest Adirondack Lowlands
11:10am Benjamin Rendall '11 - Calcareous algae of the Late Ordovician Red River Formation and their biostratigraphic significance
11:30am Camille Partin '06- Uranium in shales as a proxy for the evolution of surficial redox conditions
11:50am Wrap up before lunch
12:00pm Lunch at North Star Cafe (Dutch) ~ Sullivan Student Center- menu: http://www.stlawu.edu/dining/newnscafemenu.html
1:00pm State of Department - Jeff Chiarezenlli '81
1:30pm J.  Mark Erickson Geology University Fellows Endowment Fund Presentation - Ned Baker '86
1:45pm Geology Alumni Expendable University Fellows Fund Presentation 
2:00pm Geology Alumni Council Meeting - chaired by Rick Standish '71
3:00pm Networking time, free time to prepare for evening festivities
4:00pm Tree Dedication Ceremony in Honor of Alice Quackenbush
5:15pm President's Reception at MacAllaster House
6:30pm R. O & Vera Bloomer Banquet
7:30pm W. T.  Elbery Jr Medal Presentation Ceremony
8:00pm SLUGAC 7 Group Photo
8:15pm W. T. Elberty Jr Memorial Auction

Sunday, October 10  
8:00-9:30am Breakfast at Dana dining Hall (Dutch $5.50)  [FYI: Brunch starts at 10:30am and is $9.75]
  Explore Canton - there is a new park on the river, among many other changes in town
  Explore campus - there are many new buildings
  Interview Students for potential jobs and internships

* There may still be some changes or additions made to the schedule.

Last Updated: 
October 1, 2010

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